December 20, 2011. Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, wishing Gudermes district's special force soldiers on Russian Security Agency Worker's Day.

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December 20, 2011. Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, wishing Gudermes district's special force soldiers on Russian Security Agency Worker's Day.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (left, foreground) congratulating Gudermes District Security Service officers on Security Officer Day, December 20, 2011.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (left, foreground) congratulating Gudermes District Security Service officers on Security Officer Day, December 20, 2011.

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Chechnya's Head Ramzan Kadyrov (left, background) attending the meeting of the government commission on social and economic development of the North Caucasian Federal District, conducted by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Pytin at the assembly hall of the Gudermes City Hall.

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Health/Social Development Minister Tatiana Golikova attending the meeting of the government commission on social and economic development of the North Caucasian Federal District, conducted by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the assembly hall of the Gudermes City Hall.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right, foreground) conducting a meeting of the government commission on social and economic development of the North Caucasian Federal District at the assembly hall of the Gudermes City Hall.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (foreground) to conduct a meeting of the government commission on social and economic development of the North Caucasian Federal District at the assembly hall of the Gudermes City Hall, December 20, 2011. Left, background: Chechnya's Head Ramzan Kadyrov.

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Tatiana Golikova, Minister of Health and Social Development, and Alexander Khloponin, Vice-Prime Minister, the Russian President's Representative in the North Caucasian Federal District, attending the meeting of the government commission on social and economic development of the North Caucasian Federal District, conducted by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the assembly hall of the Gudermes City Hall.

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From left: Transport Minister Igor Levitin and Finance Minister Anton Siluanov attending the meeting of the government commission on social and economic development of the North Caucasian Federal District, conducted by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the assembly hall of the Gudermes City Hall.

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Power Engineering Minister Sergei Shmatko (pictured) attending the meeting of the government commission on social and economic development of the North Caucasian Federal District, conducted by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the assembly hall of the Gudermes City Hall.

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Alexander Khloponin, Vice-Prime Minister, the Russian President's Representative in the North Caucasian Federal District, attending the meeting of the government commission on social and economic development of the North Caucasian Federal District, conducted by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the assembly hall of the Gudermes City Hall.

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Taimuraz Mamsurov, North Ossetia's Head, attending the meeting of the government commission on social and economic development of the North Caucasian Federal District, conducted by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the assembly hall of the Gudermes City Hall.

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From left: Regional Development Minister Viktor Basargin and Transport Minister Igor Levitin attending the meeting of the government commission on social and economic development of the North Caucasian Federal District, conducted by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the assembly hall of the Gudermes City Hall.

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Chechnya's Head Ramzan Kadyrov (pictured) attending the meeting of the government commission on social and economic development of the North Caucasian Federal District, conducted by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the assembly hall of the Gudermes City Hall.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin conducting a meeting of the government commission on social and economic development of the North Caucasian Federal District at the assembly hall of the Gudermes City Hall, December 20, 2011.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (right, foreground) conducting a meeting of the government commission on social and economic development of the North Caucasian Federal District at the assembly hall of the Gudermes City Hall, December 20, 2011. Background: Alexander Khloponin, Vice-Prime Minister, the Russian President's Representative in the North Caucasian Federal District.

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The Duma's Vice-Speaker Alexander Babakov attending the meeting of the government commission on social and economic development of the North Caucasian Federal District, conducted by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the assembly hall of the Gudermes City Hall.

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From left, foreground: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin being welcomed by Chechnya's Head Ramzan Kadyrov at the Gudermes, December 20, 2011.

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (second right, foreground) being welcomed by Chechnya's Head Ramzan Kadyrov (right, foreground) at the Gudermes, December 20, 2011. Left, foreground: Alexander Khloponin, the Russian President's Representative in the North Caucasian Federal District.

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From left, foreground: Vice-Prime Minister Alexander Khloponin, the Russian President's Representative in the North Caucasian Federal District, and Chechnya's Head Ramzan Kadyrov seen during the welcome meeting of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the Gudermes.

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